Newbie from Bel Air MD

[Vaughn Lewis]

Hi Everybody

My name is Vaughn. I'm from Harford County, MD - which is in the Baltimore metro area and shares a border with York and Lancaster Counties Pennsylvania to the north.

I'm very excited about getting into the real estate investing business. My background is in long-range transportation planning. I retired at the end of 2013 after 30 years of service with the Maryland Department of Transportation. Since then, I've read several books on REI, been to several auctions at the local courthouse, read countless web articles, been to a REIA meeting, joined several meetups and am currently in the midst of an on-line class being taught by Josh Fuhrer - great class, highly recommend for any of the other newbies out there (it lead me to this site). Moving forward - hoping to have all ducks in a row and ready for action within the next few weeks.

I have a financial partner - and am building a small team of people that may participate in future projects. Through this site - I'm hoping to build my network of contacts, find additional team members, find investment opportunities, learn tips / tricks, pick brains, continue my education, and at some point share and lessons learned I might have to offer.

My initial focus will be residential (single or multi-family) - rehab projects or motivated sellers in my more immediate area - eventually expanding to areas I'm familiar with in Baltimore City, SE Pennsylvania and Newark DE.

Thanks

Vaughn